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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1922
Page
9
The Post invites readers to submit twenty Jury stories with prizes totaling $1000. Entries must be 250 words or fewer, single-sided, and mailed to Jury Story Editor, Boston Post. Citations favor original stories. judging by face value, with several stories to be printed in all editions.
About twenty five years ago in New Mexico a railroad agent served on a murder trial jury. During the second day a lunch break led to a safe that could not be opened by my assistant. After an hour the judge paused the case and sent the jury to recess while bailiffs addressed the situation.
Neurasthenia is exhaustion of the nervous system caused by long work, stress, poor diet, and other factors. Symptoms include oversensitivity irritability and headaches. Treatment focuses on nourishing the blood with a non alcoholic tonic, notably Dr Williams Pink Pills, with testimonials from Mrs P J Bird and Mrs Dora M Moffette supporting efficacy. A post grip neurasthenia form is described and readers are invited to request a free booklet from Schenectady New York makers.
A collection of courtroom anecdotes from Northern New York and New England, recounting juries of married men delivering a not guilty verdict after a wife’s admonition, a juror taking charge to convict with logic, and a veteran juror sharing a similar experience, all highlighting human quirks in legal proceedings.
Harry I. Lyons a former Lynn shoe manufacturer now with Globe Shoe Company of Chelsea is sued in Salem Superior Court by TR. Chester Johnson of Lynn for alienation of his wife Florence. Damages sought amount to 25000. Johnson and Lyons know each other through marriage and social ties. the couple formerly lived at 104 Newhall street, Lynn, with one child.
Delegates from fourteen American and Canadian university unions meet at Harvard for the second Association of College and University Unions gathering. President A Lawrence Lowell will welcome them at luncheon, with remarks by George Wigglesworth, R Keith Kane and Dean Wallace B Denham.
The committee on metropolitan affairs reported a bill to amend Boston’s charter abolishing the nine member City Council and creating a 26 member council elected by ward for two year terms. The measure includes a referendum to voters.
Arguments for and against licensing private hospitals by the State Department of Health were heard by the Committee on Legal Affairs with 300 to 400 attendees. Proponents cited control and public relief, while opponents warned of burdens on private institutions and dangers to patient care.
At the Home Furnishers Association of Massachusetts 16th annual banquet in the Hotel Vendôme, members raised more than $1000 in four minutes for the destitute Hanley family. Joseph Hanley, former assistant buyer for Houghton and Dutton, died of pneumonia after rescuing his wife from a kitchen fire. His wife died three days earlier, leaving seven children aged two to seventeen. Speakers included Charles Osgood, George Smith, and Hugh McLean.
Fathers and Sons Night at the Unitarian Club dinner at Hotel Somerset featured Isaac Sprague as president and William T. Reid Jr as secretary. The program included anecdotes on athletics titled Playing the Game and an illustrated lecture The Way of the Sperm Whaler by Robert Cushman Murphy curator of the Museum of Natural History in New York.
A three hour conference between Building Trades Employers' Association and United Building Trades Council was held at the City Club yesterday. Convened through Boston Society of Architects, employers presented a list of questions for the union to answer. The questions will be presented to a council meeting tomorrow night at 886 Morrigan Avenue for consideration.
A recommendation urges consumers to test Pepsodent dentifrice noting its claimed cleansing effects and toothpaste quality. Potential benefits and usage guidance are outlined for first time users and frequent buyers.
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